Results tagged “anthonygalluccio”
- People worry about sharks. Chatham has a plan to deal with sharks so you can swim in safety. [Cape Cod Times]
- Due to complaints about how animals are treated by the UniverSoul Circus, Northeastern University will no longer permit their performances on campus. [Boston Globe]
- The Animal Legal Defense Fund wants Massachusetts to develop a registry of animal abusers. [WBZ]
- Sox fans beware! The Brookline Parking Committee wants to raise meter rates and extend parking meter hours when the Red Sox are playing at Fenway Park. [Boston Globe]
- Two candidates hope to be Republican choice to challenge U.S. Rep. Barney Frank in the November election. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
- Republican Richard Ross is the new Scott Brown. He won the special election to fill the State Senate seat vacated by Brown. [WickedLocal Needham]
-- Boston police arrested the man that they say forced his hands down the pants of a 19-year-old woman in Jamaica Plain during the morning of February 4th. The suspect allegedly attacked the woman at the corner of Seaverns Ave. and Centre St.—near City Feed and Supply—before running to the Green Street T station, where authorities caught him on camera. Raphael Cox was arraigned this morning and held on $5,000 bail. [Suffolk County DA]
- As the death toll from the Haiti earthquake is expected to grow to staggering numbers, the Haitian community in Massachusetts is coping with the tragedy by trying to track down relatives and organizing relief efforts. [Boston Globe]
No, not that Flaherty. Tim Flaherty, who came in third in the 2007 State Senate race that Galluccio won, will be campaigning to fill Galluccio's recently vacated seat. Flaherty, a former district attorney, won endorsements from the Globe and Blue Mass Group in the 2007 race. [Cambridge Chronicle]
After the Sensodyne defense didn't work and he was sentenced to jail, State Senator Anthony Galluccio has resigned. "My decision today is not out of hopelessness but rather one of hope and opportunity," Galluccio said in his resignation letter. In response to the resignation, Senate President Therese Murray declared, "Senator Galluccio has made the right decision today for himself, his family, the Senate and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The resignation pre-empted a possible censure or expulsion by the Senate. If you're inclined to support the man for some reason, here's a list of what you can't send to jail. Care packages with toiletries are not allowed, so we guess Sensodyne is out of the question.
-- State Senator Anthony Galluccio avoided jail time by pleading guilty today to fleeing the scene of an October car crash. He was sentenced to six months home confinement. [Globe]
-- Two sisters and one phone led to a fight and an assault and battery charge. [Herald]
-- A Marblehead lawyer is being charged with attempted larceny and uttering for an alleged million-dollar mortgage scheme. [Globe]
-- Police found a storage unit in Hingham loaded with loot from recent break-ins on the South Shore. A suspect was arrested and charged with various counts of larceny and forgery. [WickedLocal/The Patriot Ledger]
All charges alleged until proven under law.
Sometimes you think that a story is over and done. Take yesterday's election for the State Senate seat vacated by Jarrett Barrios. Cambridge politician Anthony Galluccio won. End of story, right? Well, David Harris at the Cambridge Chronicle blogged yesterday that a Chronicle reporter received an unnecessarily rude reception at the Galluccio office: Staffers busily escorted the reporter out the door and… locked it behind her. Galluccio was not in his office at the time....
The Cambridge Chronicle and Blue Mass Group are reporting that Anthony Galluccio won the State Senate seat vacated by Jarrett Barrios in today's special election. While Tim Flaherty had the most backing and Galluccio was saddled with a drunk-driving record, Galluccio also had the name recognition since he has been involved with Cambridge politics for so long. The only thing that matters is getting people to the polls and having them remember your name once...
Today, some Massachusetts residents will be voting on a replacement for State Senator Jarrett Barrios, who left the Senate to make some bucks working for Blue Cross. The following candidates for his position are all Democrats: Timothy Flaherty - Former assistant DA and son of Charlie Flaherty, who used to be speaker of the Massachusetts House. Definitely has the most badass campaign photo. Also has the most endorsements (Globe, Cambridge Chronicle, Blue Mass Group). Anthony...